Our experiences throughout life can affect our mental health in the present day. Our experiences while growing up often shape how we choose to respond to situations and treat ourselves. Childhood abuse may include (but is not limited to) physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, and household issues (substance abuse, witnessing…
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or experiencing a traumatic event, can make you feel alone or hopeless. You may also find it hard to function in day-to-day activities because your symptoms can appear without warning or apparent cause. Here's some information about how to live with PTSD. What is PTSD? PTSD…
Coping with depression can be overwhelming. Depression can make you feel isolated and lonely. Depression symptoms include irritability, isolation or withdrawal, sleeping too much (or having difficulty sleeping), binge eating or loss of appetite, loss of pleasure in previously pleasurable activities, or lack of motivation and energy. These can make…
Cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, is an evidence-based form of psychotherapy (‘talk therapy”). Cognitive-behavioral therapy focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and the reciprocal relationships among the three. Thoughts affect behaviors and feelings, behaviors affect thoughts and feelings, and feelings affect behaviors and thoughts. Altering one will modify another. CBT can…